Transactions and Financings: New Argentum, AlphaROC Partnership; Benchmark Adds Conn. Community

Partnerships Argentum, AlphaROC announce strategic partnership Senior living trade association Argentum and data science company AlphaROC have announced a strategic partnership to “reimagine” market research with the platform Occam. According to a press release, the Occam platform will be launched for Argentum members and allow them to get “faster and easier access to public opinions,” […]

Ventas CEO: We’re Seeing ‘Most Favorable’ Senior Living Supply-Demand Dynamics Ever

The slow rate of new construction starts and looming demand from the baby boomers have led to “the most favorable supply demand fundamentals the industry has ever experienced,” according to the top leader of Ventas (NYSE: VTR). Thanks to those conditions, Ventas CEO Debra Cafaro laid out that she sees “a compelling backdrop for multi-year […]

How Discovery, Merrill Gardens, Benchmark Have Evolved Operations to Fuel Growth

The nature of senior living management companies is inherently evolving as providers look to make regional inroads and grow in a challenging economic climate. Management companies have changed structurally over the last two decades, going from predominantly triple-net leases to management agreements that more closely align operators and owners behind the same goals. Rather than […]

Staffing Turns a Corner: Inside Recent Workforce Wins of Aegis, Benchmark, Ecumen, LCS, Sinceri

Although big challenges and headwinds remain, the outlook for senior living staffing has taken a more positive turn in recent months — at least for senior living operators willing to be proactive and seize the opportunity at hand. Recent survey data has shown that, although most senior living operators are experiencing staffing shortages in their […]

In the Pipeline: Watermark Opens Luxury Florida Communities; Sunrise Completes New Jersey Project 

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: In Progress LCS renovates community that was former school Shipley Living, a senior living community managed by Life Care Services in Wilmington, Delaware, is undergoing […]

Movers & Shakers: Senior Lifestyle Corp. Adds Vice President Post; Benchmark Senior Living Promotes HR Chief

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In the Pipeline: Benchmark Expanding in New York; Brandywine Opens New Jersey Community

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Benchmark Expanding in New York Benchmark Senior Living plans to expand further to New York in the spring of 2024 with plans being recently […]

Elite and Essential: How Benchmark, AlerisLife Are Building Memory Care Workforces Amid a Labor Crisis

As labor markets face turmoil in the wake of the Great Resignation and other pandemic-related shocks, new worker expectations are causing memory care operators to change their understanding of what matters to employees. “The workforce is changing just like our customers are changing, so we have to stay up-to-date on what is current,” AlerisLife (Nasdaq: […]